Lazarus
Announcements => Third party => Topic started by: gwrede on March 02, 2021, 07:25:14 pm
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Hi, everybody!
I first encountered Free Pascal in 1998 or 1999, when browsing everything Pascal on the net. I've used Turbo Pascal since 2.0, on CP/M, in Orwell's Year, 1984. (In 2000, I switched to D (aka Dlang).)
The first time I saw the Cheetah logo I thought "How cool is that!" -- But ever since that day I've had a hard time accepting how it moves unnaturally. I wished I had the know-how and tools to do something about it. And ever since, when checking the site, It's been a pet peeve of mine.
During the years I have converted quite a few people to Free Pascal. (D is not for every use case.)
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Now, the other day it occurred to me that I now have the tools and skills to do the job.
The thing you notice when watching a real Cheetah run and hunt is that it keeps its head still and level!
I fixed that, and tried to otherwise not change the logo.
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Legalese: I give the Copyright to my changes to the logo to the Free Pascal Community.
Also: I fully understand there are a ton of reasons to /not/ update the logo. But just in case, find my file attached to this post.
Thank you!
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I 'd vote for __some__ head movement, because when I see
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xaV1_M2j200
the head moves a little.
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I agree. The head is too stable. It's not natural. However your animation is fine.
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Totally agree with AlexTP and Blaazen. Fine animation, but completely fixed head is unnatural.
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I totally disagree with the comments so far :) It revised GIF looks more realistic to me. Yes, I watched the video.
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I 'd vote for __some__ head movement, because when I see
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xaV1_M2j200
the head moves a little.
If only then slightly backward and forward movement of head should be added.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icFMTB0Pi0g
(at 2:51 it's all about free pascal)
It's really satisfying to look at this new cheetah movements.
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I totally disagree with the comments so far :) It revised GIF looks more realistic to me. Yes, I watched the video.
Ditto. :D
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Stabilization is never ideal. And in the videos provided it is not ideal too. So, some slight movements msut be.
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Have a look at for other cheetah animation
https://forum.lazarus.freepascal.org/index.php/topic,51416.msg377661.html#msg377661 (https://forum.lazarus.freepascal.org/index.php/topic,51416.msg377661.html#msg377661)
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Could you provide an animated scalable vector graphic (SVG)? Then it can easily be scaled for mobile, normal screens or huge displays while it still looks fine on all ;)
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I’ve “improved” the logo. :D :P
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The first time I saw the Cheetah logo I thought "How cool is that!" -- But ever since that day I've had a hard time accepting how it moves unnaturally. […] And ever since, when checking the site, It's been a pet peeve of mine.[…]
I actually hate it, but I hate all kinds of fast and restless GIF animations. I have the logo blocked because of that.
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too speed
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Hi!
Here you have the version with a bobbing head. Is this better?
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YES!
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Youtube video:
Running cheetah with slow motion and moving skeleton:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icFMTB0Pi0g
Winni
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Hi!
Here you have the version with a bobbing head. Is this better?
Yes. Very nice.
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I also like the second animation better.
Wow on both of the videos links! What an impressive animal. Good choice for Lazarus logo.
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had to register to see the attachment. encountered Lazarus first time today. i like what i've read of it and will use. i made some things in Delphi long ago having been taught to code in Pascal and it was good and useful. i was both intrigued and irritated by the cheetah logo bottom of Lazarus page. intrigue was answered by seeing it's the FP logo, next i find history of that. irritation was sorted by your effort here. i don't know how you did it but you've done a great job of correcting the animation. ps in my reading noticed the name Lazarus has to be explained for some people; we already encountered the name at school and then relatively soon after, this was cemented in memory by being the name given to AmigaDOS disks "repaired" by the official program DiskDoctor
[edited to add a comma. the one before "this was cemented in memory by being ..."]